WHEN the Maitland Camera Club packed up their Singleton exhibition on Monday, Broke resident Tina Sternbeck also picked up a picture of her husband, Bruce, and daughter, Matilda-Jane.
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A picture the family never knew existed until Singleton mayor John Martin visited the display during the Singleton Festival and told them about the stunning black and white portrait.
The Sternbecks were surprised, to say the least, as the picture was taken back in 2013 at the Maitland Show.
“It must have been after Matilda-Jane competed in a steer parading event for her school, St Catherine’s Catholic College,” Tina explains.
“She would have been asking Bruce for the camera to have a look at the picture of her getting a ribbon.”
At the time, Matilda-Jane and Bruce had no idea the innocent exchange was being captured and how it would be interpreted by amateur photographer, Brad Le Brocque.
Mr Le Brocque says he took hundreds of photos that day and when he was reviewing them all, the picture of the pair stood out as particularly emotive.
He called the photo Reluctant Pride and interpreted it a little differently to what actually occurred in that moment.
“To me in looked like a father who was proud but nervous about his daughter going out to compete in a challenging event,” he says.
Tina says this was not quite the case as her daughter is quite accustomed to competing, and winning, this type of event.
So Brad has now changed the name of the photo to Bruce’s Pride and given it to its rightful owners.
“As a photographer it is always pleasing to give the photo to the people in it rather than the photo just sitting in a pile on my floor after an exhibition,” he says.
The president of the Maitland Camera Club, and Northern Photographic Federation, is also pleased to announce the Rotary Club of Singleton has agreed to help him form a club in town.
As previously reported in The Argus, anyone who was interested in forming a club in Singleton was encouraged to leave their name after viewing the exhibition at the Singleton Visitor and Information Centre during the festival.
“The Rotary Club has agreed to provide an executive committee so now we just need people to keep registering their interest,” he says.
“They are also going to use images from the exhibition for their annual calendar.”
To register your interest in joining, email cameraclub4u@gmail.com